Ethan Black @golemwire@librem.one

@ahltorp
At any rate, sorry about the amount of posts, lol (it looked a lot smaller in my text editor...) but oh well. I think the difference between us might be mostly a linguistic difference, as I was alluding to in the post before this one.

@ahltorp
I wonder if there's another word that means sex as a spectrum, in the way you're talking about. I'd like to know it. It could be useful. If it existed, there may not have been a reason for us to have this argument....

@ahltorp
Definitions are what happens when people put an identifier to a fact or observation. We saw male and we saw female, so we got a word for it.

All this said, the fact that you can (by biological error) have a mix of sex characteristics does yield a sort of spectrum. I see that. The problem is with what I said earlier, about what the word "sex" means. That, and the biped-related thing I mentioned where these errors are considered exceptions, not part of the rule.

@ahltorp
Mixing of "races" don't result in biological error, so it doesn't mean they're malformed. However, basic understanding of human reproduction reveals that intersex doesn't make sense functionally (so, one considers it to be a deformity, unlike with races).

@ahltorp
I checked a dictionary from a hundred years ago (https://dict.org/ ; search "race" and scroll down to the Gcide 1913 Webster entry), and races were defined similar to how they are now. It doesn't mention a "mix" between them being frowned upon. (You won't see me frowning upon "interracial" marriage either.)

@kyle Not saying our new technology can't look cool either, I just like the classiness of the old stuff.

@kyle I wish our technology looked more steampunk like this and less "futuristic" like a flat rectangle with glass.

@ahltorp @david_chisnall I recognize the existence of intersex. But humans are considered bipeds, even though someone can be born with a missing leg.
Point is, there are, objectively, two distinct sets of reproductive organs. You can tell the two sexes by that (check the dictionary). It is true, though, you can be malformed such that you have a cross of the two. Still, the two categories the mix-up is made of is pretty clear.

😔 This needs to end
https://babylonbee.com/news/democrats-enraged-they-may-have-to-drive-a-few-hours-to-commit-murder

@w84death Oh man, good luck. This looks interesting

@Natasha_Jay Maybe there is a generic certificate request form that this one inherits from? IDK.

@Ki3_Games Love it!

I JUST FOUND OUT THAT MS WINDOWS HAS THE SEND-TO-BACK WINDOW MANAGEMENT FEATURE
All this time, I could just press Alt+Esc and my window would be sent to the back! If only I knew this back when I was a Windows user.
What if Windows also has always-on-top?

#Windows #MSWindows #Windows10 #windowManagement